Portable concrete mixer



March 11, 1941. H. A. WAGNER EAL PORTABLE coNCRETB MxB Fi1ed Sept, 22, 1937 4 SheetSSheet 1 ATToRNE March 11, 1941. WAGNER ErAL 2,234,210

PORTABLE coNcRET xER Piled Se t. 22 1937 4 SheetSSheet 2 ATToRNEY March 11, 1941. WAGNER E-rAL 2 34,210

PoRTABLE cONcRBTE MxBR Fied Sept. 22, 1937 4 SheetSsheet 3 March 11, 1941.

H. A. WAGNER ETAL PoR^BLE coNcRBTE MIxBR Filed sept. 22 1957 4 Sheetssheet 4 Pofonfod Mof. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES Eafom A. WognoI ooo GoSfovo 11. vvognor,

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Applfooffon Sepfelnbor22, 1937, Seriol 1To. lo5,156

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()ur fnvention felotes to onproveInents in conofete fffixefs.

ouf invention feotes to a, device fof handHng moteriols ofld the conorete-fornnng nnxtufe. 5 0u1 device is con1prised prin1aTily of a, poWer dnven vehiole hoving ol ooncfete lnfxer n1ounted thefeupon tha,t is odopted fo1' being povver driven by the pme mover of the poWef dnven vehicle.

Means is aSsocfoted vvit11 one end of the povver dziven vehfole fof outonlof1co11y 1ovvefing on inolined track leadiog ffom the gfound fo o s11ff1- cient he1ght to pefmit 8 skip being moved thefe ovef. When the skip is oJled Wfth oggfegotes, as sond, gfave1, ofushed fook, cenlent ond oen1ent adm1xtufe the sk1p n18y be foJSed up the inolined track and be outon18ticony dumped dffectly into 9. hopper that is 1n con1n1u11icotion vvith the inteor of the n1ixef.

fffter the aggfegates have been de1ivefod rith in the hopper, desired on1ount of the batoh is then delivefed 111to the fffxe1 through the aotion of grovity and Watef is then odn1itted and the aggreg8tes a.nd vvater are then fflixed in the Inix ing chombof of tho nnxef. A dischoTge opening is dfSposed Within one end of the mixef ond o n1ovable spouf is odopted fof being n1oved into ond out of registTy With tho opening to fooilitote the enlptying of the mixer by 1eans of un1oading buckets inside the nnxing ohombef as the some is poWef Tofofed.

PoWef Ineans fs pfovided fo1 n1ovif1g the chute into ald out of fegistfy Wfth the disohafge open ing of the fnixer. Monuol moons is pfovided fof ootuEting the povvef n1eans for opefating the chute.

efetofoTe machines holve been pfovided fof coffying oonofete oggfegotes from 9 oentfo1 oggTegote nnxing plo11t to the point of dfstfibu tion. Also portoble 1T1ixeTS have been provided. buf ft fS beneved to be neW in the oonofete mixer ort to provide o Inixer through the uso of Which concTete aggregotes Inay be deHvered into 8 Skip ond be delivefed outonlotioo11y thfough power ff1eains into the l11ixef, o11 of Which ofe mounted upon o powef dfiven tfock thot oofnes ar toWef thot is in hinged fo1otion With the tfuok fraIne in order that the complete m1xer ma be moved ffono iob to ob ondef ftS oWn poWer.

A tower is oaffiedi 1n. oonJunotion With the truck tht is adapted fof being faised and 1oW efed through the poWef n1eonS of the prfne n1ove1 ond an elevoting buckeo oarffed upon the 11ixez' to elevote the mixed oggfegotes Where high struotures ofe to be ereoted. The tower ond the bucket ofe oofffed opon the t dofing portobiHty of the nnxef.

()111' invention felotes to f1npfoven1ents in oon crete mixing instfuInentoHtfes Whefe in ol11 mfx er the batch is poWef oevofed as ol botoh, 18 tfeafed os o botoh, and fs elevoted os ol botoh, With aJ1 ower oeing suopHed by t o pnmo move1 of the truok upon Which the mfxer fs mounted. our pfesent mochine is intended fof use b oontractors Wherein the nlaohine is 1node to do the vvork in a n1ore expeditious nlonner ond Whereby nluch tIIne is soved ond n1any of the opeftions now oonnnonly peffofffled by hond ore eHminoted. In oul presenf fnochine the aggregate fnotefio1 is dumped ffom tho deHv ery truck directl izlto o skip, as o botoh of oe- Inent, sand ond crushed og regate, tho botch is then elevoted by tho powe1 of the pfinle lnove1 of the trock, deposited info o feoefving hoppef of Whioh point a, pfedefefnnned omount of Wotef floy be delivered siInultaneously into the fnixing drum of the mixef.

vVith these and incidenta1 objects in vieW, the fnventfon oonsists of ceftoaIn nove1 feofufes of construotion ond coInbinotion of pofts, the essenti31 elenlentS of vvhich ofe set fofth in the op peoded cloiIns. and a, pfeferfed fofn1 of embodi fnent v'f11ohis hereinofter shoWn vvith refefenoe to the draWings which ocoonpany ond forn1 o part of t11is specifioation.

In the drowings:

,ig. iS o ffogInentory side elevation of the osSembled device, In this vieW the skip fs shoWn in loa,di11g position in fu11 1ine and in tronsporting position in dotted Hne. The toWef is shoWn ln faised positfon in fu11 1ine and in poftio11y lovvered position in dotted line.

Fig. I iS al frogInenfory Side view of the ossen1bled device. This view is nlode to inustrote the eleva,ting towef and bucket With the buoket in osition fo1 being loaded. The dfsohafge ohute fs fof de1ivefifg oggfegate ffon1 the n1fxef into the loading bucket ond to fufther i11us trate the piping and operoting oy1inder for outo nlat1oony otuatif1g the diSchofge spout.

g. I1 is o ffogmentory side vieW of the oS- Sen1bled device. In tf1is vieW the looding skip is shoWn 111 tWo uf11ooding positfons, one being hof1- zonto1 ond the other being in poftiol elevotion for de ositing its unt of aggre ote into the e ceiving hopper disposed therebeloW In this vieW the opefating levefs ond i11stf11Inentolfties ofe ShoWn fof plocing the different units of the aS sembly fo sefvice When fequffed.

1 ,fg. 1v is o frogmentory side vieW of the up 

